Peter Karl Ott

Peter Karl Ott von Batorkez (1738-10 May 1809) was a general of the Austrian Empire.

Biography
Ott was from Esztergom in Hungary, and became a cadet in 1757. He was wounded at Liegnitz in the Seven Years' War in 1760 and later served in the Austro-Turkish Wars. In 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars, he fought on the Rhineland front of the First Coalition. In 1796 he transferred to the Italian Campaign and fought in the 1797 Siege of Mantua, where he surrendered.

In August 1799 he fought at the Battle of Novi alongisde Alexander Suvorov of the Russian Empire. His last active campaign was the Battle of Marengo in 1800, and he retired in 1805. His Ott Hussars fought in the Fifth Coalition of 1809, the year that he died.